Spain Football Federation (RFEF) president Angel Maria Villar said he will run for re-election later this year should he fail in his bid for UEFA president.
Villar has been acting head of the European federation since October 2015, when Michel Platini was suspended from all football-related activities for six years -- a ban later reduced to four -- for ethics violations.
Last week, the Spaniard announced his intention to stand in the UEFA elections on Sept. 14 to replace Platini. He will run against Slovenia national federation chief Aleksander Ceferin and Netherlands federation president Michael van Praag.
Villar, who already is a FIFA vice president, has been a member of FIFA's ruling committee for 18 years and has been president of the RFEF since 1988.
"I'm standing for UEFA president because the majority of the European federations have asked me to," said Villar on Tuesday following a meeting with referees. "If I don't win or I pull out, which I don't believe will happen, I will stand for re-election of the RFEF."
RFEF general secretary Jorge Perez is the leading candidate for the Spanish federation elections, which have been rescheduled to take place after the UEFA vote.
Villar was fined 25,000 Swiss francs by FIFA's ethics committee in 2015 for failing to cooperate with their probe into the bids to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, but said he was confident of winning the UEFA election.
"I have taken this step because I have sufficient support to win," he added.